Melis Abzalov

Melis Abzalov
Born Melis Oripovich Abzalov
November 18, 1938
Yangiyul, Uzbek SSR, USSR
Occupation actor, film director, screenwriter, and film producer
Awards
  • Meritorious Artist of the Uzbek SSR (1987)
  • Shuhrat Order (2008)

Melis Abzalov (Uzbek: Melis Abzalov, Мелис Абзалов; Russian: Мелис Абзалов) (born November 18, 1938) is an Uzbek actor, film director, screenwriter, and film producer.[1][2] His most famous films include Suyunchi (1982), Kelinlar qoʻzgʻoloni (1984), Armon (1986), and Oʻtgan kunlar (1997).

Abzalov is celebrated as one of the founders and prominent members of the Uzbek film making industry. He has received many honorary titles and awards, including the title Meritorious Artist of Uzbekistan (1987).

Life and work

Melis Oripovich Abzalov was born on November 18, 1938, in Yangiyul, then the Uzbek SSR.[3] He graduated from the Ostrovsky Tashkent Theater Arts Institute in 1961. A year later, in 1962, he started working at Uzbekfilm.

Filmography

As director

As actor

As screenwriter

Awards

Abzalov is celebrated as one of the founders and prominent members of the Uzbek film making industry. He has received many honorary titles and awards throughout his career, including the title Meritorious Artist of Uzbekistan (1987).[4] In 2008, he received a Shuhrat Order.

References

  1. "Abzalov Melis Oripovich". Oʻzbekiston milliy ensiklopediyasi (in Uzbek). Toshkent: Oʻzbekiston milliy ensiklopediyasi. 2000–2005.
  2. "Abzalov, Melis Aripovich". Akademik (in Russian). Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  3. "Abzalov Melis Aripovich". Oʻzbekkino (in Uzbek). Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  4. "Abzalov Melis Aripovich". Kino-Teatr (in Russian). Retrieved 5 April 2012.

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